The woman accused of shooting Opelousas Police Chief Graig LeBlanc has resigned from the Opelousas Police department, pending ratification by the Opelousas Board of Aldermen.

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- The woman accused of shooting Opelousas Police Chief Graig LeBlanc has resigned from the Opelousas Police department, pending ratification by the Opelousas Board of Aldermen.

According to the agenda released today for the board's Feb. 20 regular meeting, Savannah Butler submitted a letter of resignation effective today.

According to the agenda, the board will decide if it will accept Butler's resignation and approve a payment of $7,095 to Butler for unused annual leave and compensatory time.

Butler is accused of shooting Opelousas Police Chief Graig LeBlanc and his wife Crystal on Dec. 22, and surrendered to authorities on New Year’s Day, according to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Butler is charged with two counts of negligent injury and one count each of obstruction of justice and illegal discharge of a firearm.

She has been on paid administrative leave since the incident. Graig LeBlanc and his wife, who is a captain with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, were shot at Butler’s home on Garnet Drive just outside the city limits of Opelousas in what has been described as a domestic dispute.

LeBlanc, 45, is charged with failure to assist, obstruction of justice, and malfeasance in office, all felonies, and Opelousas Police officer Tyrone Abrams, 49, is charged with principal to obstruction of justice and malfeasance in office. They are accused of tampering with evidence at the scene immediately after the incident.

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